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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How to convert <binaryGlowMixedWithASCII> to pure ASCII
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 23:59:07 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 21 May 2025 18:10:54 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:

> This is why I use Perl. Yes, the user may have to install perl, but it
> seems to work and is well documented (in my experience).

Apparently Perl is required by POSIX.

But a lot of people find Python easier to manage for most things, these 
days (including me).